Music Year 2007 [Frozen]

This is my year-end list for records released in 2007. This file
was frozen as of Feb. 1, 2008, reflecting what I knew at that time.
This was the basis for the
2007 Year End Comments. Further
changes, up to Dec. 31, 2008, will be made
here.

For records in hand, * identifies an advance copy, ** something
borrowed or downloaded. % indicates an album with a 2006 release
date that appeared here as new in 2007 -- these are mostly imports
or self-releases and often hard to figure out, but there was no
reasonable way they could have been considered in 2006.

New Records

Manu Chao: La Radiolina (Nacional/Because)

John Fogerty: Revival (Fantasy)

Powerhouse Sound: Oslo/Chicago Breaks (Atavistic, 2CD)

Gogol Bordello: Super Taranta! (Side One Dummy)

Jewels and Binoculars: Ships With Tattooed Sails (Upshot)

David Murray Black Saint Quartet: Sacred Ground (Justin Time)

Youssou N'Dour: Rokku Mi Rokka (Nonesuch) *

Mavis Staples: We'll Never Turn Back (Anti-) **

Papa Noel: Café Noir (Tumi)

M.I.A.: Kala (Interscope)

Public Enemy: How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul??? (Slamjamz)

Reissues

Reissues are new releases of old records: records that have been
previously released under the same name (although we're also on the
lookout for trivial rename jobs). They may have extra bonus cuts,
maybe even a whole extra disc of cuts; "twofers" are also included
here.

DVDs

I don't review DVDs. I don't watch DVDs. I don't record them in my
database -- well, almost never, anyhow. Part of this is that I don't
have the time, the eyes, or at the moment even the equipment. I never
request DVDs. Still, some publicists insist on sending them anyway.
Here's a list. They're all pending, and will probably remain that way
until hell freezes over.

Ari Brown: Live at the Green Mill (Delmark)

Dave Brubeck: Live in '64 & '66 (Naxos/Jazz Icons)

The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show (1969-71, Columbia/Legacy, 2DVD)

Chicago Underground Trio: Chronicle (Delmark)

Night School: An Evening With Stanley Clarke & Friends (Heads Up)

John Coltrane: Live in '60, '61 & '65 (Naxos/Jazz Icons)

Alex de Grassi: In Concert (Mel Bay)

Bob Dylan: The Other Side of the Mirror: Live at the Newport Folk Festival (1963-65, Columbia/Legacy)